This was an article sent a few weeks ago a comment by largehat. (U3027)
posted in response to a supporter who questioned our desire and qualities to stay in this division forget the ' bookies favourites tag ' to gain promotion.
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I don't think there's a chance we will be relegated, Mike. Not a chance in hell. As bad as we are, I think we've pretty much bottomed out. We've picked up a lot of points already in the context of avoiding relegation.
All the stats you quote are correct. However we are 7 points clear of the relegation zone with a vastly superior goal difference.
You mention our margin of victory in the games we have win but by the same token we haven't been hammered at all either.
It all points to mid table at the end of the season.
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Well I would definitely snatch your hand off now if you offered me a mid league finish as I think we are shocking what the hell was DF thinking of playing the out of form players like Eagles, Davies, Andrews, Ream, Ricketts and of course Mr Blobby himself our vice captain Zat ( what a shock he gives a penalty away again !! a back line giving the opposition 9 penalties from 24 games that has got to be a record )
What I find incredible is the fact that we still have some supporters talking about promotion via the play offs !! How bad do we have to get before they wake up stop listening to the stupid post match comments from DF about how pleased he is with the ' lads.'
We are in a battle to keep in this division and there are better teams below us Barnsley no manager but beat Leeds today 2-0 how did we go on against them ? Sheff Weds beat Hull 3-1 we got murdered there so we need to get new faces in immediately, drop Knight, Ricketts and Andrews ( yes he can take a good penalty to give him some credit ) immediately and pray to God that we can get Wheater, Vela, Mark Davies and Stu back in the next 4 weeks.
Bloody hell who's next Crystal Palace away !!
Can someone please give me rational,reasonable well thought out reasons why I should not be worried please no happy clappy , we are a Premiership team full of internationals etc
I am getting very nervous are you ?
posted on 13/1/13
We've heard it before though havnt we?
we can't so confidently say we won't go down, just because were a 'bigger team' than the likes of Barnsley, Leicester (who beat us) etc.
Honestly we are one of the worst teams in the league. We are appallingly bad. I don't think we will get sent to the abyss of league one, but im sure that's what Leeds, wednesday and forrest's fans thought.
posted on 13/1/13
I can say confidently we won't go down, and where have I written anything about being "bigger" than anyone else? Nowhere.
You don't read my posts very carefully, notlobbing.
You might seek to dismiss my point of view as arrogance based on the 'size' of our club, but it isn't, it's based on highly pertinent facts such as number of points and league position. You know, the stuff that actually determines who goes down.
We've not been anywhere near the relegation places all season long. We score too many goals and pick up too many points, and that's why we are eight points and vastly superior goal difference above the relegation zone and that's why we won't go down.
Your opinion that we are in relegation trouble is a load of alarmist guff. You're entitled to your opinion but don't misrepresent mine - that really cheeses me off if you hadn't noticed.
Have you even looked at the league table at any point this season?
I look at it regularly, and at no point have we been anywhere near the points tally of the teams in the bottom four.
That's not a debating point, it is a fact.
posted on 13/1/13
Too big to go down
That unsinkable ship, not the Titanic the other one
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I look at our fixtures and look at the way we have been playing recently and can see us being in or very close to the relegation zone by the time we play Hull at home.
Hope I'm wrong.
posted on 13/1/13
We're not terrible, we are average, and so, we will finish in an average league position most likely.
With the number of good players coming back from injury, and the possibility of new signings, all this pessimism about the coming month or two really gives me an itchy backside.
posted on 13/1/13
With the number of good players coming back from injury, and the possibility of new signings, all this pessimism about the coming month or two really gives me an itchy backside.
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Agreed it must be contagious!
posted on 13/1/13
LH - it's not an itch. It's a Cravies moving too close
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posted on 13/1/13
Players coming back from injury is like the No8 match bus from Burnden.
Towards the end of a match you hope the bus will come for once, edge your way towards a quick exit route and prepare for it. A quick applause as the game ends.
You run like heck across to Weston Street to find no seats and a jam jar situation. It's a horrible ride not like a usual smooth bus journey, then low and behold the bus breaks down. Oh no its a night match and you have to walk miles to get home and not a chippy open on route.
End result = a cold knackered carrs weeping while he looks at that broken bus. Never mind at least we won in those days.
Players coming back anybody ?